This handsome Northern Shoveler drake had just clambered onto the bank, and gave his head a good shake before settling down for a rest.
D7200, 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/8 manual.
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This handsome Northern Shoveler drake had just clambered onto the bank, and gave his head a good shake before settling down for a rest.
D7200, 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/8 manual.
The shoveler is perfect, exposure spot on and all his colors showing so well. Droplets are a bonus. As for that bank, quite a mess! Tell the bugger to get out at a cleaner spot next time. :)
I'm actually OK with the background. I do a lot of urban stuff and look for backgrounds that many here would not even take the click. I do so on the basis that photographs in my view should educate and inform not just look arty...just my stance. The bird here is excellent and the drops of water make a nice touch.
Bill:
I think the combination of his expression and the cloud of drops is pretty funny. Beautiful exposure.
The background is a bit on the busy side, but he does have quite good visual separation from the overall bg.
Cheers
Randy
Excellent image in habitat. Lovely colours on the handsome drake. Water droplets looks beautiful.
Regards,
Satish.
He's a beauty you captured well, Bill. Great water shading off his shaking head. The foreground and BG look quite good, for what we had to work with.
Geoffrey
Quite a beauty!! I love the flying water drops. I agree the BG is busy, but I kinda like the overall look. What are those? Pebbles?
Thanks everyone. Yes, Daniel, they look like pebbles. The Shoveler was on a small island in a coastal NJ pond. I'm guessing the island was man-made, so the pebbles may not be naturally occurring, although I've seen similar ones elsewhere along the Jersey shore.
